A small state increases by concord; the greatest falls gradually to ruin by dissension.

The fame that goes with wealth and beauty is fleeting and fragile; intellectual superiority is a possession glorious and eternal.

We employ the mind to rule, the body to serve.

It is sweet to surve one country by deeds, and it is not absurd to surve her by words.

That power of the Gods which orders for the good things which are not uniform, and which happen contrary to expectation, is commonly called Fortune, and it is for this reason that the Goddess is especially worshipped in public by cities; for every city consists of elements which are not uniform.

No mortal man has ever served at the same time his passions and his best interests.

Before you act consider; when you have considered, tis fully time to act.